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. >> were you surprised or dism dismayed by barack obama refusing to sit down with many world leaders this week? >> i do think it is a missed opportunity. >> he is also our president. as he gets extra bang for the buck, he also has a responsibility to take this time once a year and meet a few more crucial leaders. i think that was unfortunate that he left the heavy lifting for hillary clinton. >> he was keen to try and move on the game in the middle east by saying he was continuing not to get involved. you can see let democracy freedom whatever you want to call it come through the people. not self serving. the last thing you would allow. right. where he's almost certainly helping out this friend. and i was amused in regard to syria he said we're friends with both sides. >> onto that point. the arab spring was exciting and the media covered it and said this is the feature. reality has kicked in, should america's intervention be brought back or is this a time to get more involved? we were playing a mats ter roll master roll in the past. i don't think we have an option to disengage. i do
. >> were you surprised or dism dismayed by barack obama refusing to sit down with many world leaders this week? >> i do think it is a missed opportunity. >> he is also our president. as he gets extra bang for the buck, he also has a responsibility to take this time once a year and meet a few more crucial leaders. i think that was unfortunate that he left the heavy lifting for hillary clinton. >> he was keen to try and move on the game in the middle east by saying he was...
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. >>> a group of civil rights leaders are commending president obama for what they call hills evolution on gay
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we're keeping them honest tonight of whether president obama is trying to have it both ways. attacking leaders of companies that make millions by taking over other companies and putting average americans out of work.
we're keeping them honest tonight of whether president obama is trying to have it both ways. attacking leaders of companies that make millions by taking over other companies and putting average americans out of work.
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. >> a group of civil rights leaders are commending obama on his supporting gay marriage. they compared it to the struggle for civil rights. former naacp chairman julian bond talked to anderson cooper. >> you, though, have really been out in front in comparing the fight for equality for gay and lesbian americans to the fight for equality for african-americans, to the civil rights movement. you said really this is the new front of the civil rights movement. why? >> well, i think it is. anytime a group of people are denied rights and struggle for their rights, that's a civil rights movement. >> the president declared his support for same sex unions in an interview with abc news robin roberts earlier this week. >> mitt romney addresses graduates at liberty university today. the school founded by the late pastor and political activist jerry falwell. conservative evangelicals are a key constituency for romney. he made sure the audience understood his definition of marriage is different from the one president obama now supports. >> culture, what you believe, what you value, how
. >> a group of civil rights leaders are commending obama on his supporting gay marriage. they compared it to the struggle for civil rights. former naacp chairman julian bond talked to anderson cooper. >> you, though, have really been out in front in comparing the fight for equality for gay and lesbian americans to the fight for equality for african-americans, to the civil rights movement. you said really this is the new front of the civil rights movement. why? >> well, i...
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you heard barack obama say that. tell me where is the hold up? >> i call them juveniles. our political leaders are battling each other rather than trying to fix the real problem they agree on immigration. everyone agrees we need a start up visa to allow immigrants to have start up companies. it's good for america. they won't give each other political victory. both sides support stem but won't agree on legislation for petty wrangling that they are doing. it's silly what's going on in capitol hill. >> the same stuff we've been talking about for the whole rest of the show. they can't agree on stuff that will send us in a recession. this is way down the political totem pole. easier to get rich in asia than anywhere else in the world. does this exodus of immigrants show there's other opportunities. >> absolutely. my team at duke had surveyed several hundred entrepreneurs that went back. we were shocked to learn they were doing better back home. how could they be doing better back in india and china with all the corruption and pollution and so on but they said they were doing b
you heard barack obama say that. tell me where is the hold up? >> i call them juveniles. our political leaders are battling each other rather than trying to fix the real problem they agree on immigration. everyone agrees we need a start up visa to allow immigrants to have start up companies. it's good for america. they won't give each other political victory. both sides support stem but won't agree on legislation for petty wrangling that they are doing. it's silly what's going on in...
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let's see, i believe if you get president obama, speaker boehner and majority leader reed in a deal, they can cut a deal to be good for the country to move us forward. the question is would we reward principle compromise like in the '90s. i don't know. >> that brings us back to the original question are you aiming for a primary or a general election? because it seem that is and i think governor romney is to some degree exhibit a of that. you have to play both sides and sometimes -- i think for latinos on it, they talked about the wall and the deportation. those things are hard to take back and that was reflected in the numbers we saw for latino voters. >> i said earlier tonight, much, much earlier. >> that was yesterday. >> i thought governor romney had lost the latino vote in the republican primary. that far ago and he never quite made it up. you know what the tragic part of it is? i think if mitt romney would have been elected, he would have been working to finding a solution. he didn't need to go there. didn't he need to see those things on the dream act? >> maybe the answer is ye
let's see, i believe if you get president obama, speaker boehner and majority leader reed in a deal, they can cut a deal to be good for the country to move us forward. the question is would we reward principle compromise like in the '90s. i don't know. >> that brings us back to the original question are you aiming for a primary or a general election? because it seem that is and i think governor romney is to some degree exhibit a of that. you have to play both sides and sometimes -- i...
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tell me, first of all, rather than the people what are the qualities we need in a leader today dealing with the level of volitivity in market, today, challenges in europe, asia, potentially china slowing down what do we need in a great lander give me your report card for president obama, irknow you are a big supporter of his what happened would your report be for what you think mitt romney could do? >> i'm not a big supporter for everybody, i try to be objective and make a common sense decision based on the information in front of me. but in terms of leadership, first, i don't think the president has as much influence, particularly on the economy. global affairs, absolutely right but on the economy -- >> i agree with you. >> nearly as much as people seem to think. to say whether it was president bush before him or president obama now, only to do a, b or c -- >> even president clinton, a dear friend. a lot of it is outside. >> the internet hadn't happened for president clinton, he doesn't have a surplus. i don't think you can put as much credit or blame or any presidential candidate. so
tell me, first of all, rather than the people what are the qualities we need in a leader today dealing with the level of volitivity in market, today, challenges in europe, asia, potentially china slowing down what do we need in a great lander give me your report card for president obama, irknow you are a big supporter of his what happened would your report be for what you think mitt romney could do? >> i'm not a big supporter for everybody, i try to be objective and make a common sense...
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president obama will be making a phone call to the israeli leader today. so is the man who wants to take his job, mitt romney. no doubt both of the conversations netanyahu will be pressing his case on iran. specifically what the u.s. is & other allied countries need to do to stop iran from getting a nuclear bomb. so here's what he said before the general assembly. >> where should a red line be drawn? a red line should be drawn right he here. before -- before iran completes the second stage of nuclear enrichment mess to make a bomb. >> it reminds us of that old boris and bullwinkle with the bomb and the fuse and all that. it was really quite bizarre way to demonstrate this red line. talk a little bit about what we anticipate, what we expect from this phone call, first of all, between president obama and netanyahu? >> well, as you know, president obama decided not to meet with mr. -- with prime minister netanyahu. so that was considered kind of, i guess, you know, a little cold shoulder, so what he is doing is he is going to have a phone call although they'r
president obama will be making a phone call to the israeli leader today. so is the man who wants to take his job, mitt romney. no doubt both of the conversations netanyahu will be pressing his case on iran. specifically what the u.s. is & other allied countries need to do to stop iran from getting a nuclear bomb. so here's what he said before the general assembly. >> where should a red line be drawn? a red line should be drawn right he here. before -- before iran completes the second...
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get one-on-one help from america's retirement leader. >>> the gender gap. a new polling from usa today and gallup shows president obama beating mitt romney by 9 points in swigs states and women, the reason why. look at the gender breakdown. among men, romney has the one-point lead. among women, an 18-point defense significance. he and the republican party apparently paying a price for supporting policies and making statements a lot of women simply don't like. to counter that, governor romney is putting his wife ann romney front and center with her take on what matters to women. >> do you know what women care about? this is what i love. women care about jobs. >> she talks to women. they're concerned about the jobs their kids are going to get. >> women are talking about jobs. >> women care about the economy. they care about their children and they care about the debt. >> she is going across the country and talking with women. you've got moms that are driving their kids to school. >> women are talking about he deficit spending. >> women, women, women. >> thank
get one-on-one help from america's retirement leader. >>> the gender gap. a new polling from usa today and gallup shows president obama beating mitt romney by 9 points in swigs states and women, the reason why. look at the gender breakdown. among men, romney has the one-point lead. among women, an 18-point defense significance. he and the republican party apparently paying a price for supporting policies and making statements a lot of women simply don't like. to counter that, governor...
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along with our scouts, president bill clinton, george bush, barack obama. and gerald ford. it just makes the release of the thousands of pages of internal documents all the more difficult to process. >> reporter: one of the newly released files shows an indiana scout leader was placed in the banned confidential file in the early 1970s. he took treatment and on the advice of the psychiatrist treating him and his minister, he was allegedly cured. he got cleared to lead scouts given and again and in 1982 he was accused of molesting two boys on a camp trip. the boys parents agreed not to proceed with prosecution and the scouts never reported the alleged pedophile to the police. >> there's no question times in the past where we did not do the job that we should have. so for that we're profoundly sorry. i am convinced this organization has a firm and ever lasting and deep commitment to youth protection. >> reporter: the bsa says scouts are now talked to recognize and report abuse and two scouts are at all activities, preventing one-on-one situations between leaders and scouts. in
along with our scouts, president bill clinton, george bush, barack obama. and gerald ford. it just makes the release of the thousands of pages of internal documents all the more difficult to process. >> reporter: one of the newly released files shows an indiana scout leader was placed in the banned confidential file in the early 1970s. he took treatment and on the advice of the psychiatrist treating him and his minister, he was allegedly cured. he got cleared to lead scouts given and...
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we want a leader. we want a leader to take over this country, piers. >> what about the problem that they have in terms of perception with the fact that many americans blame wall street, and president obama's fueled this attitude, for a lot of the greed and naked capitalism at its worst, which brought america to its knees? >> well, he doesn't have any association with that. that's just ridiculous. he ought to talk about his qualifications. and private equity gives him incredible breadth of qualifications along with being governor of a state and other things. but i mean, without question, the idea of being embarrassed because you're in private equity is the silliest argument in the world. >> be honest on this one, jack. >> when am i not honest? >> i'm not disputing for a moment your integrity. i'm just saying on this particular question i'm about to ask you i'd be fascinate bd a proper answer. people that criticize mitt romney over the position he takes about it say when he uses bain as an example of job
we want a leader. we want a leader to take over this country, piers. >> what about the problem that they have in terms of perception with the fact that many americans blame wall street, and president obama's fueled this attitude, for a lot of the greed and naked capitalism at its worst, which brought america to its knees? >> well, he doesn't have any association with that. that's just ridiculous. he ought to talk about his qualifications. and private equity gives him incredible...
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-- >> -- would become a calm, cool leader once in office. a lot of people describe you as cool. that cuts both ways. fair description? >> people who know me well and people on the campaign trail, i don't think they describe me that way. i am in a lot of ways an extrovert when it comes to folks outside the beltway. i'm not sure it's hurt. except maybe for some of my relations i think inside of the beltway here in washington. >> he's not easily categorized in any way. he wants it all. he's rationale first of all. he's a little bit deliberative and cautious. once in a while, he'll go for the bold stroke because he wants something larger. >> the president's next decisions would move the right to anger. >> you better wake up, america. >> the left to disappointment. and leave a nation more polarized than ever. >> i think he came in feeling his own exceptionalism. and then the realities of washington smacked him in the head. ♪ ♪ ♪ every mom needs a little helper. that's why i got a subaru. announcer: love. it's what makes a subaru, a subaru.
-- >> -- would become a calm, cool leader once in office. a lot of people describe you as cool. that cuts both ways. fair description? >> people who know me well and people on the campaign trail, i don't think they describe me that way. i am in a lot of ways an extrovert when it comes to folks outside the beltway. i'm not sure it's hurt. except maybe for some of my relations i think inside of the beltway here in washington. >> he's not easily categorized in any way. he wants...
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. >>> president obama tells world leaders the time is running out for iran. in a speech before the united nations, just a couple of hours ago, the president warned against allowing iran to develop nuclear weapons. >> make no mistake, a nuclear armed iran is not a challenge that can be contained. it would threaten the elimination of israel, the security of gulf nations, and the stability of the global economy. it risks triggering a nuclear arms race in the region and the unraveling of the nonproliferation treaty. that's why a coalition of countries is holding the iranian government accountable and that's why the united states will do what we must to prevent iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. >> chief white house correspondent jessica yellin outside the united nations for me. the president very much so been under pressure from israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and from mitt romney to draw a tougher line when it comes to iran. how did he handle that today at the u.n.? >> reporter: well, he resisted campaign season pressure to intensify his rhetoric ag
. >>> president obama tells world leaders the time is running out for iran. in a speech before the united nations, just a couple of hours ago, the president warned against allowing iran to develop nuclear weapons. >> make no mistake, a nuclear armed iran is not a challenge that can be contained. it would threaten the elimination of israel, the security of gulf nations, and the stability of the global economy. it risks triggering a nuclear arms race in the region and the...
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. >>> a private conversation between world leaders caught on an open mike. is president obama telling the russians one thing and america another. >>> police are confirming there was a scuffle between the teen and george zimmerman right before the shooting. two witnesses with us tonight. and rick santorum lashing out at the media, was it for real or just for the cameras? let's go "outfront." >>> good evening. i'm erin burnett and outfront tonight, caught red-handed on an open mic. wrapping up a meeting with russian president dmitry medvedev in seoul today, president obama was heard saying this. >> this is my last election. after my election i have more flexibility. i understand you. i transmit this information to vladimir and i stand with you. >> he was asking for space when it comes to the hotly disputed missile defense system which would place a shield in countries neighboring russia. russia strongly opposes this system. so is the president saying i can't be seen catering to russian demands during an election year so wait until i'm re-elected and i'll have
. >>> a private conversation between world leaders caught on an open mike. is president obama telling the russians one thing and america another. >>> police are confirming there was a scuffle between the teen and george zimmerman right before the shooting. two witnesses with us tonight. and rick santorum lashing out at the media, was it for real or just for the cameras? let's go "outfront." >>> good evening. i'm erin burnett and outfront tonight, caught...
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he met with the leaders of canada and mexico. what's your take on the significance of their meeting? >> you know, i thought it was incredibly significant and some of the things we saw that happened today, jessica, are pretty frankly crucial for americans to know about. we'll take a close look and there is a key reason for it. we get 99% of something canada makes that we need desperately. china is starting to take more and more of it and so there was really disturbing things about that. we'll talk about that tonight and we have the latest on the t horrible shooting in oakland, seven dead right now, three injured. we will have a live report, breaking news on that. >>> and the man who listened to the audio and broke it down technically on his computer of that 911 call that was overheard, the calls for help from, well, was it george zimmerman or trayvon martin, he's going to tell us exactly what he heard and whose voice he thinks was crying for help. all that coming up outfront. >> sounds good. i want to know what canada makes. i'll
he met with the leaders of canada and mexico. what's your take on the significance of their meeting? >> you know, i thought it was incredibly significant and some of the things we saw that happened today, jessica, are pretty frankly crucial for americans to know about. we'll take a close look and there is a key reason for it. we get 99% of something canada makes that we need desperately. china is starting to take more and more of it and so there was really disturbing things about that....
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at a news conference today with leaders from canada and mexico. he weighed in on last week's argument, stressing legal precedent for the justices to find the legislation constitutional. >>> a 37-year-old mcdonald's worker says she's a win wither, is hiding the ticket and will not share with employees in her pool. ttd#: 1-800-345-2550 ttd#: 1-800-345-2550 let's talk about the cookie-cutter retirement advice ttd#: 1-800-345-2550 you get at some places. ttd#: 1-800-345-2550 they say you have to do this, have that, invest here ttd#: 1-800-345-2550 ttd#: 1-800-345-2550 you know what? ttd#: 1-800-345-2550 you can't create a retirement plan based on ttd#: 1-800-345-2550 a predetermined script. ttd#: 1-800-345-2550 to understand you and your goals... ttd#: 1-800-345-2550 ...so together we can find real-life answers for your ttd#: 1-800-345-2550 real-life retirement. ttd#: 1-800-345-2550 talk to chuck ttd#: 1-800-345-2550 and let's write a script based on your life story. ttd#: 1-800-345-2550
at a news conference today with leaders from canada and mexico. he weighed in on last week's argument, stressing legal precedent for the justices to find the legislation constitutional. >>> a 37-year-old mcdonald's worker says she's a win wither, is hiding the ticket and will not share with employees in her pool. ttd#: 1-800-345-2550 ttd#: 1-800-345-2550 let's talk about the cookie-cutter retirement advice ttd#: 1-800-345-2550 you get at some places. ttd#: 1-800-345-2550 they say you...
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in the white house today, president obama met with four top senate and house leaders and most of it focused on the debt ceiling increase. it's set to go to vote at the end of the year. familiar lines are already being drawn in the sand. >> when the time comes i will again insist. my simple principle of cuts and reforms greater than the debt limit increase. >> that was house speaker john boehner yesterday. his office says he delivered the same message today for president obama. there are conflicts reports about the president's response. boehner's office says he proposed a debt hike that does not include spending cuts but house democratic leader nancy pelosi said he talked about honoring the debt deal reached last year, which included spending cuts. white house spokesman jay carney said this. >> you have to ask the speaker of the house whether or not he intends or he believes that it is the right thing to do for the american people, the american economy to play chicken with the full faith and credit of the united states government. >> now, the only thing both sides could agree on today, and t
in the white house today, president obama met with four top senate and house leaders and most of it focused on the debt ceiling increase. it's set to go to vote at the end of the year. familiar lines are already being drawn in the sand. >> when the time comes i will again insist. my simple principle of cuts and reforms greater than the debt limit increase. >> that was house speaker john boehner yesterday. his office says he delivered the same message today for president obama. there...
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and governor mitt romney, is to come across as presidential, commanding, reassuring, and a leader you can trust to protect america's national security interests. >> so jonathan, do you think this is an issue when it comes to optics where these two guys, it's not so much what they're going to say but how they say it, how they come off that's going to last -- or leave the more lasting impression? >> absolutely. i think that no matter what they sort of say on the policy, what americans are going to be looking for is sort of who demonstrates a command of the issues in general and has sort of a firm hand when it comes to foreign policy. that's something americans generally value regardless of what their positions are. i think particularly in states like virginia or ohio or florida where you have very small margins of voters, this is the kind of issue where most people won't be watching it, but the people that do care about it, it's going to be important for them. that could help sort of decide the election given how tight it is right now. >> i want to throw up some numbers that have to do
and governor mitt romney, is to come across as presidential, commanding, reassuring, and a leader you can trust to protect america's national security interests. >> so jonathan, do you think this is an issue when it comes to optics where these two guys, it's not so much what they're going to say but how they say it, how they come off that's going to last -- or leave the more lasting impression? >> absolutely. i think that no matter what they sort of say on the policy, what americans...
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biden's spokes woman has said that the president has been a leader on this issue from day one and the vice president never intended to distract from that once president obama voiced his support for same-sex marriage, it was all anyone was talking about. here's what romney said yesterday after the president's interview when romney was asked about his own position. >> i have the same view on marriage that i had when i was governor and that i have expressed many times. i believe marriage is a relationship between a man and a woman. >> well, he also says he does not support civil unions if they have the same rights if a marriage. keeping them honest though, back when romney was running for senate against ted kennedy in massachusetts, romney positioned himself as the gay rights candidate. romney met with the log cabin club in massachusetts and in a letter dated october 6, 1994, wrote, quote, i am more convinced than ever before that as we speak to establish -- as we seek to establish full equality for america's gay and lesbian citizens, i will provide more effective leadership than my oppo
biden's spokes woman has said that the president has been a leader on this issue from day one and the vice president never intended to distract from that once president obama voiced his support for same-sex marriage, it was all anyone was talking about. here's what romney said yesterday after the president's interview when romney was asked about his own position. >> i have the same view on marriage that i had when i was governor and that i have expressed many times. i believe marriage is...
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that champion is barack obama. that cause is the american dream. let's fight for that. let's canvass and phone bank and get out the vote for that. let's go tell everyone we meet that when the american dream is on the line, we want barack obama in charge. thank you so much. god bless you and god bless the united states. thank you. [ cheers and applause ] >> coming up, chicago mayor takes the stage. we will be right back. alright, yand... flip!in? whoa! did you get that? yep, look at this. it takes like 20 pictures at a time. i never miss anything. isn't that awesome? uh that's really cool. you should upload these. i know, right? that is really amazing. pictures are so clear. kevin's a handsome devil. that phone does everything! search dog tricks. okay, see if we can teach him something cool. look at how lazy kevin is. kevin, get it together dude. cmon, kevin. vo: take 20 pictures with burst shot on the galaxy s3. in communities across the country. whether it's supporting a delaware nonprofit that's providing training and employment opportunities, investing in the revital
that champion is barack obama. that cause is the american dream. let's fight for that. let's canvass and phone bank and get out the vote for that. let's go tell everyone we meet that when the american dream is on the line, we want barack obama in charge. thank you so much. god bless you and god bless the united states. thank you. [ cheers and applause ] >> coming up, chicago mayor takes the stage. we will be right back. alright, yand... flip!in? whoa! did you get that? yep, look at this....
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nato leaders signed off on president obama's timetable to end the war in 2014 during their summit here in chicago. it wrapped up just minutes ago. the president briefly appeared with the presidents of pakistan and afghanistan after much anticipation about whether there would be a three-way meeting of these crucial players. i asked the afghan president, hamid karzai, about that and much more in my exclusive interview with him here in chicago. president karzai, welcome back to the united states. >> thank you very much. happy to be with you. >> let's talk about your meeting you just had moments ago. you met with the president of the united states and the president of pakistan. how did that go? >> both meetings went very well. >> did you have a three-way meeting, the three of you? >> no. we didn't have a three-way meeting. we had a three-way photograph taken. >> just a photo opportunity? >> just a photo opportunity. >> why not a meeting? why not have a three-way meeting and discuss the most important issues affecting afghanistan, pakistan and the united states? >> well, it wasn't for us to
nato leaders signed off on president obama's timetable to end the war in 2014 during their summit here in chicago. it wrapped up just minutes ago. the president briefly appeared with the presidents of pakistan and afghanistan after much anticipation about whether there would be a three-way meeting of these crucial players. i asked the afghan president, hamid karzai, about that and much more in my exclusive interview with him here in chicago. president karzai, welcome back to the united states....
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president obama welcomes congressional leaders to the white house this morning. the same players, of course, who couldn't solve it last time. can they break the gridlock before it costs all of us? >> and what started as a tribute to heroes ends in disaster. a freight train slams into a parade float carrying veterans. everyone asking the question why. >> have a busy show for you. the israeli deputy foreign minister danny eylen is going to join us. a former director of the budget office, peter orszag is our guest. actress jada pinkett smith and kelly reilly from the new movie "flight." it's friday, november 16th. and "starting point" begins right now. morning, welcome, everybody, our starting point this morning, israel mobilizing thousands of troops for a possible full-scale ground war with hamas. violence in the region intensifying overnight. the palestinian militants launched hundreds of rockets into israeli territory. air raid sirens sounding in tel aviv. that's the very first time that's happened since the gulf war. israelis responded by pounding hundreds of te
president obama welcomes congressional leaders to the white house this morning. the same players, of course, who couldn't solve it last time. can they break the gridlock before it costs all of us? >> and what started as a tribute to heroes ends in disaster. a freight train slams into a parade float carrying veterans. everyone asking the question why. >> have a busy show for you. the israeli deputy foreign minister danny eylen is going to join us. a former director of the budget...
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he conducted a very safe campaign inspired by the way, in part by the 2008 obama campaign. his campaign manager told me a few days ago that they met with some of the campaign strategists from the obama campaign, we have some advise on how to campaign on the internet. and also door to door campaigning. it worked out for them in the end since he was elected yesterday. he has promised this and his campai campaign is telling us when he goes to the nato summit in a few weeks that that is a discussion he's going to have with president obama. that might be an open question, but the intent is there and the campaign of the now president electric say they intend on following through on that, wolf. >> on the economic wolf, the main policy i take it was to get rid of all of the austerity measures and basically go back and raise taxes on rich people, is that right? >> reporter: it's partly right, i think really what the socialists are saying today, isn't that we want to destroy the agreement that was taking place between nicolas sarkozy and the president of germany, an angela merkel. we
he conducted a very safe campaign inspired by the way, in part by the 2008 obama campaign. his campaign manager told me a few days ago that they met with some of the campaign strategists from the obama campaign, we have some advise on how to campaign on the internet. and also door to door campaigning. it worked out for them in the end since he was elected yesterday. he has promised this and his campai campaign is telling us when he goes to the nato summit in a few weeks that that is a...
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president obama met yesterday with the four top leaders of congress. republicans john boehner and mitch mcconnell and democrats nancy pelosi and harry reid. >> we had a very constructive meeting with the president to talk about america's fiscal problem. >> we all know something has to be done. >> it was good. i feel confident that a solution may be in sight. >> we're prepared to put revenue on the table, provided we fix the real problem. >> tax hikes and spending cuts could go into effect simultaneously if no deal is reached on the fiscal cliff by the end of the year, both sides have said they are willing to compromise. house speaker boehner says republicans realize that neither side will get everything it wants. >>> exactly one week after he abruptly resigned as head of the cia, david petraeus was back on capitol hill. he met yesterday behind closed doors to brief lawmakers on the september 11th attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi. according to lawmakers who were there, petraeus now says the attack was an act of terrorism and not the result of a
president obama met yesterday with the four top leaders of congress. republicans john boehner and mitch mcconnell and democrats nancy pelosi and harry reid. >> we had a very constructive meeting with the president to talk about america's fiscal problem. >> we all know something has to be done. >> it was good. i feel confident that a solution may be in sight. >> we're prepared to put revenue on the table, provided we fix the real problem. >> tax hikes and spending...
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it touts obama's achievements in job creation, health care, and bin laden. >> tonight, i can report to the american people and to the world that the united states has conducted an operation that killed osama bin laden, the leader of al qaeda, and a terrorist who is responsible for the murder of thousands of innocent men, women, and children. >> cnn political contributor james carville is here, david fromme here with me in new york. james, obviously not just that ad. you saw bill clinton, former president clinton, making the same point about osama bin laden. the white house giving nbc access to the situation room, of course, to, you know, tout this, tout this great achievement. >> right. >> army going to put osama bin laden's personal writings on display. is the president going over the line? >> no. there was a legitimate difference. romney was critical of the effort to go after bin laden. the secretary of defense, bob gates, who's not even a democrat, said it's the guttiest call he's ever seen any president make. and actually, i think the white house is delighted by all of this controv
it touts obama's achievements in job creation, health care, and bin laden. >> tonight, i can report to the american people and to the world that the united states has conducted an operation that killed osama bin laden, the leader of al qaeda, and a terrorist who is responsible for the murder of thousands of innocent men, women, and children. >> cnn political contributor james carville is here, david fromme here with me in new york. james, obviously not just that ad. you saw bill...
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, but democratic latino leaders, they aren't leaving anything to chance. we'll talk to soledad o'brien about how they get out the vote. we'll preview her documentary "latino in america." don't forget, can you watch cnn live on your computer. head to cnn.com/tv. [ woman ] ring. ring. progresso. i just served my mother-in-law your chicken noodle soup but she loved it so much... i told her it was homemade. everyone tells a little white lie now and then. but now she wants my recipe [ clears his throat ] [ softly ] she's right behind me isn't she? [ male announcer ] progresso. you gotta taste this soup. [ clears his throat ] [ softly ] she's right behind me isn't she? if we want to improve our schools... ...what should we invest in? maybe new buildings? what about updated equipment? they can help, but recent research shows... ...nothing transforms schools like investing in advanced teacher education. let's build a strong foundation. let's invest in our teachers so they can inspire our students. let's solve this. >>> welcome back. with only 32 days until the leg
, but democratic latino leaders, they aren't leaving anything to chance. we'll talk to soledad o'brien about how they get out the vote. we'll preview her documentary "latino in america." don't forget, can you watch cnn live on your computer. head to cnn.com/tv. [ woman ] ring. ring. progresso. i just served my mother-in-law your chicken noodle soup but she loved it so much... i told her it was homemade. everyone tells a little white lie now and then. but now she wants my recipe [...
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. >>> president obama will have a new leader in beijing. this man xi jinping is expected to take over the communist party on thursday. next march is he likely to be named china's new president. xi first visited the united states back in 1985, met with president obama earlier this year. western analyst regards xi as someone who wants to have good relations with the united states. >>> china's struggling economy is just one of the many challenges that's facing the country's next leader. while, some chinese have done well, but others are falling further behind because of inflation. imagine this. paying five times more for rent than you did four years ago. that's right. while cnn senior international correspondent stan grant has an inside look at what is happening. china's widening wealth gap. take a look. >> this is a little piece of home. they gather here to dance on street corners and come to the cities searching for a bit of life. for some china's booming economy has been music to their ears. for others the tune has turned more somber. life
. >>> president obama will have a new leader in beijing. this man xi jinping is expected to take over the communist party on thursday. next march is he likely to be named china's new president. xi first visited the united states back in 1985, met with president obama earlier this year. western analyst regards xi as someone who wants to have good relations with the united states. >>> china's struggling economy is just one of the many challenges that's facing the country's next...
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president obama meeting with labor and progressive leaders at the white house today. it's the first -- it's the first of a series of meetings this week focused on deficit solutions in the economy. on wednesday, the president will meet with business leaders and then on friday with congressional leaders from both sides of the aisle. >>> police in the central american nation of belize want to question the software founder john mckathy. they want to speak with him after his neighbor who is also a u.s. citizen was shot and killed. tells "wired" magazine he's innocent and in hiding. >>> for the first time, motor trebds c trends car of the year is electric. it gets the equivalent of 74 miles per gallon and goes from zero to 60 in four seconds. you could go about 265 miles on a single charge. >>> some older parents are going deeper into debt to help their children with student loans. the average student loan debt for someone over 60 is nearly $20,000. alison kosik joins us now from the new york stock exchange. good morning. >> yeah, that's a lot of money. these parents are th
president obama meeting with labor and progressive leaders at the white house today. it's the first -- it's the first of a series of meetings this week focused on deficit solutions in the economy. on wednesday, the president will meet with business leaders and then on friday with congressional leaders from both sides of the aisle. >>> police in the central american nation of belize want to question the software founder john mckathy. they want to speak with him after his neighbor who is...
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also mitt romney addressing a group of latino business leaders in washington d.c. i want to bring in mark prestton to talk about both of these. when you look at the venues it says about where we are heading in the campaign. mitt romney courting latino voters very important and president obama addressing this national security, foreign policy. that is a strong area for president obama. explain a little bit about the optics if you will. they are trying to bring up the strengths that they need to in the next six months. >> they are both walking a very tight, tight rope i guess you can say. president obama is the commander and chief. he has to give commencement addresses at the military academies. he does not want to make it appear too overtly political. everything he is saying is being looked through the prism and through the reelection. he is talking to the young cadets who are going to graduate. some will still be sent into harm's way even though we have seen that the military has removed all of the combat troops out of iraq. we have a situation going on in afghanis
also mitt romney addressing a group of latino business leaders in washington d.c. i want to bring in mark prestton to talk about both of these. when you look at the venues it says about where we are heading in the campaign. mitt romney courting latino voters very important and president obama addressing this national security, foreign policy. that is a strong area for president obama. explain a little bit about the optics if you will. they are trying to bring up the strengths that they need to...
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. >> president obama gets a chance to tout his own global leadership to the next generation of leaders and mitt romney said the main geo-political foe right now is russia, but colin powell thinks he's dead wrong on that. my interview with colin powell is coming up in the next hour. >>> and a well-known scientist is accused of beating his wife. he denies involvement and she doesn't remember. we're digging deeper. ♪ oh! [ baby crying ] ♪ what started as a whisper ♪ every day, millions of people choose to do the right thing. ♪ slowly turned to a scream ♪ there's an insurance company that does that, too. liberty mutual insurance. responsibility. what's your policy? ♪ amen, omen >> jack cavery is here with "the cafferty file." >> joe biden's recent gay marriage gaffe, we love it when he does that. some are beginning to wonder if biden is the best running mate for obama in what's shaping up to be a close contest against mitt romney. republicans have made a strategy out of targeting biden, they're following him along the campaign trail hoping he'll slip up. they've told politico,
. >> president obama gets a chance to tout his own global leadership to the next generation of leaders and mitt romney said the main geo-political foe right now is russia, but colin powell thinks he's dead wrong on that. my interview with colin powell is coming up in the next hour. >>> and a well-known scientist is accused of beating his wife. he denies involvement and she doesn't remember. we're digging deeper. ♪ oh! [ baby crying ] ♪ what started as a whisper ♪ every day,...
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economy front and center at the meeting between president obama and the congressional leaders. what does the president want congress to accomplish here? what are the top items on this to-do list? >> reporter: the president is putting pressure on congress to help struggling homeowners, to provide tax credits for small businesses, things that he says could really help millions of americans, and not only pushing this to congress directly face to face but this morning he went to a local business, a small business in the d.c. area. it is an italian deli. they have four different locations here in d.c., and that's where he sort of spelled out his to-do list and talked about what congress needs to do. take a listen. >> the economy is recovering, but we've still got a long way to go. too many folks are still out of work. we've got some headwinds, the situation in europe and still a difficult housing market, and so we want to sustain momentum, and one of the ways that we can sustain momentum is for congress to take some actions right now, even though it's election season, even though th
economy front and center at the meeting between president obama and the congressional leaders. what does the president want congress to accomplish here? what are the top items on this to-do list? >> reporter: the president is putting pressure on congress to help struggling homeowners, to provide tax credits for small businesses, things that he says could really help millions of americans, and not only pushing this to congress directly face to face but this morning he went to a local...
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tells world leaders when he thinks you aren't listening. they are pointing out this is just an example of the president focused on his re-election campaign. >> i'm being cynically political. how do you suppose the obama camp will use the russian president the's comments? >> reporter: that will be interesting. we haven't seen them out out any web ads or anything like that. they are saying this kind of language just misses the mark. that mitt romney when he says this simply is just wrong. we haven't seen them take the approach. what we have seen from the rnc so far, but they have been pushing back. >> i guess we should underscore this isn't some political game. russia does matter in international relations. the united states does need russia time and again. >> that's right. the white house has been defending the president's comments by, again, pointing out that the president was just reflecting the political realities. during this campaign election cycle, that it's difficult to get bipartisan support, especially on some of these thorny issues
tells world leaders when he thinks you aren't listening. they are pointing out this is just an example of the president focused on his re-election campaign. >> i'm being cynically political. how do you suppose the obama camp will use the russian president the's comments? >> reporter: that will be interesting. we haven't seen them out out any web ads or anything like that. they are saying this kind of language just misses the mark. that mitt romney when he says this simply is just...
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when it comes to these foreign policy debates the larger question of whether the bush -- sorry, the obama foreign policy is unraveling, as ryan said, really goes to people's perceptions of the president's leadership and his strength as a leader. that matters much less right now than these economic concerns, don. >> byiden came in, knowing he needed to be aggressive, to make up for the president's lackluster performance. with an icy smile on his face, i want you to listen to how he responded to paul ryan's criticism of the obama stimulus program. >> i love my friend here had. i'm not allowed to show letters. go on our website. he sent me two letters saying, by the way, can you send me some stimulus money for companies here in the state of wisconsin? we sent millions of dollars. >> you did ask for stimulus money. >> sure he did. >> on two occasions, we advocated for constituents applying for grants. that's what we do for all constituents. >> i love that. this is such a bad program and he writes me a letter saying the reason we need this stimulus, it will create growth and jobs. his words. a
when it comes to these foreign policy debates the larger question of whether the bush -- sorry, the obama foreign policy is unraveling, as ryan said, really goes to people's perceptions of the president's leadership and his strength as a leader. that matters much less right now than these economic concerns, don. >> byiden came in, knowing he needed to be aggressive, to make up for the president's lackluster performance. with an icy smile on his face, i want you to listen to how he...
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i mean, he's talking about policy but really talking about what kind of person obama is as a leader. is this the strategy moving forward? >> it's certainly the strategy. the take aways from the speech as well is it was a very somber speech a serious speech. in many ways what mitt romney did in this speech is what he has done so well in business as a salesman. he's been a salesman his whole life. what he was doing was standing before all these very unfl influential journalists and saying it's your job to go and look into president obama's record, look into the promises he's made and hation s he kept . i was looking for some kind of alliance with the media which is very interesting because often we hear from the republicans that the media is in the pocket of the democratic party. >> i notice he's trying to down" play. that his father didn't finish school. >> it's something he's had a lot of difficulty with. if we were to look at the exit polls out of all these contests, he does very well with people who make over $200,000, but he's done poorly with people who make anywhere below that.
i mean, he's talking about policy but really talking about what kind of person obama is as a leader. is this the strategy moving forward? >> it's certainly the strategy. the take aways from the speech as well is it was a very somber speech a serious speech. in many ways what mitt romney did in this speech is what he has done so well in business as a salesman. he's been a salesman his whole life. what he was doing was standing before all these very unfl influential journalists and saying...
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. >>> president obama heads to camp david today where he will meet with other world leaders for the g-8 summit. nuclear tensions with iran and north korea and deepening economic concerns on the agenda and tapping global oil reserves to push down prices temporarily. >>> sasha baron cohen's movie is causing controversy. >> i highly recommend a visit to the empire state building before you or one of your cousins take it down. >> cohen calls it a comedy. some call the dictator offensive. ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] everyone likes a bit of order in their life. virtual wallet helps you get it. keep track of spending, move money with a slide, and use the calendar. all to see your money how you want. ♪ >> sashon baron cohen's new role is stirring up controversy. have you seen the movie? if you haven't, take a look. >> america. the birth place of aids. i am for free press, fair elections and equal rights for women. i can't say that. okay. so the director and co-writer larry charles is out promoting "the dictator" and defending the movie. he's also directed two other sasha baron cohen movi
. >>> president obama heads to camp david today where he will meet with other world leaders for the g-8 summit. nuclear tensions with iran and north korea and deepening economic concerns on the agenda and tapping global oil reserves to push down prices temporarily. >>> sasha baron cohen's movie is causing controversy. >> i highly recommend a visit to the empire state building before you or one of your cousins take it down. >> cohen calls it a comedy. some call the...
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my message to business leaders is simple. ask yourselves what you can do to bring jobs back to your country. >> reporter: apple's late founder, steve jobs, met with president obama last year and put it bluntly. american manufacturing jobs are not coming back. workplace wisdom. when it comes to profits, patriotism cannot compete. corporations contend it's not all about profits, either. experts say the u.s. doesn't train enough people for mid-level jobs, those between a high school diploma and a college degree. many manufacturers have concluded that asian workers, supply chains and assembly lines are faster and better. u.s. labor organizations counter the chinese government is funding the infrastructure and exploiting its workers to lure in foreign corporations. apple has been embarrassed that one of its assembly operations in china has become notorious for worker suicides. >> do you know what one of the solutions were? well, we should put up more nets so people can't jump off their buildings. we should have more psychiatrists
my message to business leaders is simple. ask yourselves what you can do to bring jobs back to your country. >> reporter: apple's late founder, steve jobs, met with president obama last year and put it bluntly. american manufacturing jobs are not coming back. workplace wisdom. when it comes to profits, patriotism cannot compete. corporations contend it's not all about profits, either. experts say the u.s. doesn't train enough people for mid-level jobs, those between a high school diploma...
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get the economy moving, again, beating him strongly and be a strong leader. so these are clearly romney's attributes that people believe very strongly in if you're a republican. but, but when you look at the values questions, wolf? does he care about issues that i care about? can you believe -- does he say what he believes? look at this. santorum beats mitt romney on that. does he share your values? again, santorum, care about people. that's so important when you vote for a presidential candidate. so what we're seeing here, wolf in our poll is what we've seen play out in the primaries. people like mitt romney's business experience, but they're not passionate about them, and if you're a cultural conservative you can't yet find a way to embrace the candidacy of mitt romney and that has always been his problem and guess what? it's going to remain his problem. >> yesterday, newt gingrich was here in "the situation room" and said flatly he's not dropping out until and unless romney gets 1,144 delegates ensured, but otherwise he's staying in. say he were to drop ou
get the economy moving, again, beating him strongly and be a strong leader. so these are clearly romney's attributes that people believe very strongly in if you're a republican. but, but when you look at the values questions, wolf? does he care about issues that i care about? can you believe -- does he say what he believes? look at this. santorum beats mitt romney on that. does he share your values? again, santorum, care about people. that's so important when you vote for a presidential...
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wide ranging demands that were set out by al qaeda's leaders that he'll be released. but if those demands are not met, he says that he is going to die. u.s. army investigators now say that there is no foul play and no gunshot wound involved in if the death of a soldier who just collapsed during a skype chat with his wife. army captain bruce kevin clark was in afghanistan. she says her husband simply fell forward. she said she saw what appeared to be a bullet hole in the closet behind him. but s but the military says there were no wounds on his body to support that. and education secretary arnie duncan says he supports joe marriage. this comes on the heels of joe biden saying he's comfortable with two men or two women marrying. here's how biden addressed his opinion and compared it to the president on "meet the press." >> look, i am vice president of the united states of america. the president sets the policy. i am absolute lly comfortable wh the fact that men marrying men, women marrying women and heterosexual men and women marrying are all entitled the same exact rig
wide ranging demands that were set out by al qaeda's leaders that he'll be released. but if those demands are not met, he says that he is going to die. u.s. army investigators now say that there is no foul play and no gunshot wound involved in if the death of a soldier who just collapsed during a skype chat with his wife. army captain bruce kevin clark was in afghanistan. she says her husband simply fell forward. she said she saw what appeared to be a bullet hole in the closet behind him. but s...
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not surprisingly the new hampshire nunion leader. president obama also picking up in ohio two ohio endorsements. akron beacon journal and cleveland plain dealer. in colorado the denver post. what's really interesting, soledad, not a ton of enthusiasm. the two florida papers kind of a lukewarm endorsement of mitt romney. same with the ohio papers. the denver post which endorsed president obama saying neither has a plan for the future. >> yeah. that's very true. kind of meh on all of these. do you think it matters, susie? >> the newspapers? i think people look -- most people know what their newspaper, local newspaper is going to say. they've been watching. they read them for years. you know the boston globe is going to go for obama. you know your local paper. either it's going to confirm what you already think. i'm not sure people turn to -- nobody turns -- >> we love this guy! >> endorsements matter in tight elections. if you can think of 1,000, 5,000 votes in a very tight election, trust me, you like it. if you're the candidate who d
not surprisingly the new hampshire nunion leader. president obama also picking up in ohio two ohio endorsements. akron beacon journal and cleveland plain dealer. in colorado the denver post. what's really interesting, soledad, not a ton of enthusiasm. the two florida papers kind of a lukewarm endorsement of mitt romney. same with the ohio papers. the denver post which endorsed president obama saying neither has a plan for the future. >> yeah. that's very true. kind of meh on all of these....
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tonight the former president bill clinton will formally put barack obama's name into nomination. and this week democrats are trying to win over women voters with several female leaders addressing the crowd. later tonight we'll hear from activist sandra fluke when she addressed a congressional panel about contraception insurance issues. her speech drew outrage and serious insults most notably from rush limbaugh. >> i want to try to draw the distinction and talk about what kinds of policies for women mr. romney and mr. ryan have stood for and what the president has stood for on issues like fair pray, violence against women. >> do you think there is a war on woman. it's been framed that way and you've been under a lot of attack. there's a war on you for sure from some people. >> that's probably fair. >> is there a war on women or a disagreement in how government should underwrite contraceptives? >> i don't think it's just a disagreement. the frame is less important than what policies we're seeing. i do think a lot of women feel like they are under attack. when we look at the facts,
tonight the former president bill clinton will formally put barack obama's name into nomination. and this week democrats are trying to win over women voters with several female leaders addressing the crowd. later tonight we'll hear from activist sandra fluke when she addressed a congressional panel about contraception insurance issues. her speech drew outrage and serious insults most notably from rush limbaugh. >> i want to try to draw the distinction and talk about what kinds of policies...
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business leaders today on the fiscal cliff. >> president obama is going to be talking this afternoon. maybe he'll answer some questions. he'll have a press conference. one never knows what markets are trading on these days because there's such uncertainty about what's going to happen. and pew did a survey. i'll tell you about that in a second what the survey says about what people feel about the fiscal cliff. but the president is calling a bunch of ceos to the white house today, going to have a chat. here's a bunch of them, the khost of aetna, xerox, american express, honeywell, walmart, and general electric. jeff immelt. dow, procter & gamble, ford, pepsi, ibm and chevron. these are not people who have had a history of outright hostility to president obama. some of them are supporters. this is a broad coalition of large businesses and they're going to talk about issues like taxation, job creation, and the fiscal cliff. another bunch of ceos who have joined the nonpartisan fix the debt campaign. you'll have seen some of their ads. they're taking iconic ads and making them about the d
business leaders today on the fiscal cliff. >> president obama is going to be talking this afternoon. maybe he'll answer some questions. he'll have a press conference. one never knows what markets are trading on these days because there's such uncertainty about what's going to happen. and pew did a survey. i'll tell you about that in a second what the survey says about what people feel about the fiscal cliff. but the president is calling a bunch of ceos to the white house today, going to...
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the strength of a global financial leader. the heart of a one-to-one relationship. together for your future. ♪ >>> every so often we bring you honest to goodness tweets from the campaigns and oftentimes michelle obama is sending out her own tweet. here she is, that letter that she is showing you is no letter. it is an absentee ballot. michelle obama sending in her absentee ballot according to this official campaign twitter account. what she said was, i couldn't wait for election day. i can only assume we know who she is voting for. there you go. early voting at least where michelle obama lives. >>> forget sesame street, the national mall in washington is about to be overrun by puppets. i am not kidding. this is going to be called the million puppet march and it is a puppet-based protest being organized to defend pbs. the organizers began putting it together after mitt romney said in the last presidential debate that he loves big bird, but that he would cut pbs and jim lehrer, no word if jim lehrer will be at this protest, but all of this is supposed to get under w
the strength of a global financial leader. the heart of a one-to-one relationship. together for your future. ♪ >>> every so often we bring you honest to goodness tweets from the campaigns and oftentimes michelle obama is sending out her own tweet. here she is, that letter that she is showing you is no letter. it is an absentee ballot. michelle obama sending in her absentee ballot according to this official campaign twitter account. what she said was, i couldn't wait for election day....
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. >> meantime, soledad, president obama will welcome dozens of business leaders to the white house today. some of whom support something he wants to do, which is increase taxes on the wealthy. obviously the white house is hoping that maybe that will convince some house republicans to budge on this a little bit. although i've talked to some republicans who say, don't count on that. soledad? >> all right. brianna keilar for us this morning. thanks, brianna. cnn's special coverage of the president's news conference will begin at 1:00 p.m. eastern time. wolf blitzer is hosting that, and we will obviously carry that for you live when it happens. want to talk a little bit more about the fiscal cliff. chief business correspondent ali velshi joins us. you heard brianna talk about this meeting with ceos about that. how much of that is pr and how much of that is really critical conversation? >> well, the very conservative leaders, and anti-tax leaders, have called the whole thing pr. they think it's giving the president cover. you see there the ceos of aetna, xerox, american express, honeywell, wa
. >> meantime, soledad, president obama will welcome dozens of business leaders to the white house today. some of whom support something he wants to do, which is increase taxes on the wealthy. obviously the white house is hoping that maybe that will convince some house republicans to budge on this a little bit. although i've talked to some republicans who say, don't count on that. soledad? >> all right. brianna keilar for us this morning. thanks, brianna. cnn's special coverage of...
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he'll be meeting business leaders on wednesday at the white house. they'll discuss ways to keep the economy growing and reduce the deficit. >>> your thanksgiving dinner will cost you a few cents more this year. you can blame the turkey for that. the american farm bureau federation says the average cost of the traditional dinner for ten is just under $50. the cost of the turkey is about four cents a pound higher than it was last year. >>> the official start of winter is more than a month away. but bismarck, north dakota, got an early jump. a weekend storm left at least eight inches of snow on the ground and led to dozens of traffic accidents. no serious injuries have been reported. >> it's been almost two weeks since superstorm sandy devastated the northeast. still life is nowhere back to normal. the deaths of two more people have been linked to the superstorm. that brings the total number of of those killed across the region to 113. right now more than 160,000 customers in ten states and washington are still without power. travel is getting a little
he'll be meeting business leaders on wednesday at the white house. they'll discuss ways to keep the economy growing and reduce the deficit. >>> your thanksgiving dinner will cost you a few cents more this year. you can blame the turkey for that. the american farm bureau federation says the average cost of the traditional dinner for ten is just under $50. the cost of the turkey is about four cents a pound higher than it was last year. >>> the official start of winter is more...
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leaders. tomorrow he's meeting with business leaders. all that leading up to friday when meeting with the top democrat and republican from the house and nsenate to work this out. the other question has to do with how does this affect president obama's policy when it comes to afghanistan? general allen, depending on how this plays out, is overseeing things in afghanistan. obviously, a very critical time. the president thohas to figure how he moves the remaining troops in afghanistan, combat troops out of afghanistan by the end of 2014. the one thing you can point to is the man -- general allen was already set to head out and move over to european command. and general joseph dunford who is also up for a confirmation hearing on thursday to replace general allen in afghanistan, that is going to proceed as scheduled. >> brianna, i want to ask you about "the washington post." it has a rofeport speculating w may replace hillary clinton and who may move into the defense department. >> that's right. we
leaders. tomorrow he's meeting with business leaders. all that leading up to friday when meeting with the top democrat and republican from the house and nsenate to work this out. the other question has to do with how does this affect president obama's policy when it comes to afghanistan? general allen, depending on how this plays out, is overseeing things in afghanistan. obviously, a very critical time. the president thohas to figure how he moves the remaining troops in afghanistan, combat...
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the strength of a global financial leader. the heart of a one-to-one relationship. together for your future. ♪ >>> it's on. president obama launching himself head first into a war of words with some of his sharpest critics. >>> stripped. the government yanked security clearance from the woman whose affair brought down the cia director. >>> one-on-one with the oracle, why warren buffett thinks we might survive a plunge over that fiscal cliff. welcome back to "early start." happy you're here with us this morning. i'm zoraida sambolin. >>> i'm john berman. 29 minutes past the hour. >>> this is cnn breaking news. >>> we do have breaking news from the middle east this morning. new violence between israel and palestinian militants along the israel/gaza border. the israeli military targeting hamas sites in gaza. >> take a look at your screen right now. the attack on the vehicle took out the top hamas military commander. hamas warns that israel has, quote, opened the gates of hell. >> other news now, if republicans are looking for a fight, president obama says bring it. t
the strength of a global financial leader. the heart of a one-to-one relationship. together for your future. ♪ >>> it's on. president obama launching himself head first into a war of words with some of his sharpest critics. >>> stripped. the government yanked security clearance from the woman whose affair brought down the cia director. >>> one-on-one with the oracle, why warren buffett thinks we might survive a plunge over that fiscal cliff. welcome back to...
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that's right. >>> still ahead, rocker and big time nra supporter ted nugent going off on president obama. why the rant could get him in serious trouble. [ male announcer ] if you have yet to master the quiet sneeze... [ sneezes ] [ male announcer ] you may be an allergy muddler. try zyrtec® for powerful allergy relief. and zyrtec® is different than claritin® because it starts working faster on the first day you take it. zyrtec®. love the air. [ sneezes ] and it hasn't been going exactly as planned. [ director ] cut. cut! [ monica ] i thought we'd be on location for 3 days -- it's been 3 weeks. so i had to pick up some more things. good thing i've got the citi simplicity card. i don't get hit with a fee if i'm late with a payment... which is good because on this job, no! bigger! [ monica ] i may not be home for a while. [ male announcer ] the citi simplicity card. no late fees. no penalty rate. no worries. in here, great food demands a great presentation. so at&t showed corporate caterers how to better collaborate by using a mobile solution, in a whole new way. using real-time photo s
that's right. >>> still ahead, rocker and big time nra supporter ted nugent going off on president obama. why the rant could get him in serious trouble. [ male announcer ] if you have yet to master the quiet sneeze... [ sneezes ] [ male announcer ] you may be an allergy muddler. try zyrtec® for powerful allergy relief. and zyrtec® is different than claritin® because it starts working faster on the first day you take it. zyrtec®. love the air. [ sneezes ] and it hasn't been going...
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it's who is going to care more about their people and what can president obama now do with that mandate for leadership. >> i think that's exactly right. i think he won on that point. i was concerned and disturbed for democrats, though, to see the christian concern about this party. this country is becoming more secular. i think the democrats can today lewd themselves and say we'll ride the secular wave. we aren't that secular. for people of faith in the democratic party like myself, it is becoming less comfortable. you feel like you're out of a closet as a christian. >> what does that mean? >> i'll put this way. when you're with republicans, you can talk about god right up front, church right up front. among democrat, it's a little bit dicier. you're afraid you might offend somebody. i think that that makes it tough for us with latinos. the african-american community is deeply religious. we don't see the church as a source of oppression. we see it as a site for liberation. we've got to figure out some way to have a faith honoring democratic party. that is very disturbing. >> the challen
it's who is going to care more about their people and what can president obama now do with that mandate for leadership. >> i think that's exactly right. i think he won on that point. i was concerned and disturbed for democrats, though, to see the christian concern about this party. this country is becoming more secular. i think the democrats can today lewd themselves and say we'll ride the secular wave. we aren't that secular. for people of faith in the democratic party like myself, it is...